08-31-2005, 02:15 AM
Sober Thought would like to participate as well, but the country is really lagging with the roleplaying maps and Wiki entries. I like Grosseschauzer's rail-road links, and in the few NS entries I planned, I explored how different provinces spent their transportation Denkmarks on rail, road, water and air transportation.
I'm not sure how the funding for E-roads work, but I'm sure Yuunli has a web page (in addition to his Wiki reference) on it to go with the PLZ / ZIP code ones.
The Trans-Canada Highway combines some federal funding and coordination, but mainly relies on the provinces to create and maintain their own highways which sort of run together. Thus, the TransCan is co-signed and co-sited with existing highways, e.g., the northern route of the TransCan is also the Yellowhead Highway a.ka. Highway 16 (I think it might bear that number in several provinces). Perhaps the European routes work the same way?
Since we have already started creating codes for our nations, how about making IDU highways appear with that prefix and others with the relevant two-letter (e.g., IDU-1 may also be GS-10)? And I think the general outlay of the US Interstates is good: odd numbers are north-south, even numbers are east-west, low numbers in the west and south. And if the US is ever foolish enough to admit Canadian provinces into the Union, the TransCan can become I-98 (if New York or Maine doesn't claim the number first!).
However, I'd reject the three digit Interstate urban bypasses because it's too big of a waste for good and scarce numbers. Could we use three digit highways for feeders to the main arteries, alternate routes or secondary highways?
Rail corridors don't have quite the same naming requirements, so perhaps just lines that link up at borders are enough? I remember months ago, when Domnonia first started the regional map, I was keen to hook up with the Mikibahn and that can still happen without specific naming conventions.
I'm not sure how the funding for E-roads work, but I'm sure Yuunli has a web page (in addition to his Wiki reference) on it to go with the PLZ / ZIP code ones.
The Trans-Canada Highway combines some federal funding and coordination, but mainly relies on the provinces to create and maintain their own highways which sort of run together. Thus, the TransCan is co-signed and co-sited with existing highways, e.g., the northern route of the TransCan is also the Yellowhead Highway a.ka. Highway 16 (I think it might bear that number in several provinces). Perhaps the European routes work the same way?Since we have already started creating codes for our nations, how about making IDU highways appear with that prefix and others with the relevant two-letter (e.g., IDU-1 may also be GS-10)? And I think the general outlay of the US Interstates is good: odd numbers are north-south, even numbers are east-west, low numbers in the west and south. And if the US is ever foolish enough to admit Canadian provinces into the Union, the TransCan can become I-98 (if New York or Maine doesn't claim the number first!).
However, I'd reject the three digit Interstate urban bypasses because it's too big of a waste for good and scarce numbers. Could we use three digit highways for feeders to the main arteries, alternate routes or secondary highways?
Rail corridors don't have quite the same naming requirements, so perhaps just lines that link up at borders are enough? I remember months ago, when Domnonia first started the regional map, I was keen to hook up with the Mikibahn and that can still happen without specific naming conventions.